Team Romney: We Tried To Avoid Ticking Off Every Ron Paul Fan In Tampa | Talking Points Memo

TAMPA, Fla. — Top advisers from Mitt Romney’s campaign tried to get as far away as possible Tuesday from a proposed delegate allocation rule change that has angered the Ron Paul nation, as well as the tea party conservatives Romney desperately needs to rally for the final sprint to November.It’s an esoteric reminder that some actual party business gets done among the scripted TV production that is the national convention, and that the changes to rules and platform planks proposed by the delegates here can have a far reach.


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